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Family Catechesis

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Two Family Catechesis Sessions: Open the Door to Jesus

Family Catechesis Workshop Resources from John Roberto of LifeLongFaith Associates:
- Foundations of Family Catechesis: background information about why we are doing family catechesis and what a family catechesis program looks like.
- Organizing Family Catechesis: a revised and updated handout about organizing family catechesis in your parish; with promotional material.
- Why is Family Catechesis So Important? details the importance of Family Catechesis in the life of the Church.
Sample Promotional Materials for Parish Events:
Sample Promotion and Registration Form

Sample Promotion Brochure 1

Sample Promotion Brochure 2

Sample Promotion Brochure 3
Resources for Family Catechesis Planning
- Catholic Relief Services Education: a gateway to activities, lesson plans, simulations, prayer services and other resources that explore global issues through the lens of Catholic Social teaching.
- Christian Family Movement: a national network of parish/neighborhood small groups of families through which Christian values are reinforced and families are encouraged to reach out in action to others.
- CRS Rice Bowl: a Catholic Relief Services' Lenten Faith-in-action program for families and faith communities.
- Domestic Church Families: a website of resources for helping families live out their faith.
- Family Catechesis Program Coordinator: a description of the responsibilities for the coordinator of a parish family catechesis program.
- Family Catechesis Program Design: a concise overview of Family Catechesis as required in the Archdiocese.
- Family Activities: A list of family activities for various times of the year.
- Suggested Reading List for Family Catechesi s: books and resources for understanding and implementing parish family catechesis.
- Building the Domestic Church: a free catechetical resource through which families can realize more fully their mission to be an authentic domestic church through daily prayer, catechesis and Scripture reading, as well as through monthly charitable and volunteer projects they can do as a family.
- Tools for Building a Domestic Church: some suggestions from the USCCB on how to build your “domestic church” through a life of prayer that can help all the members of your family.
- Family Fully Alive Series: a resource of prayers, meditations and activities to enrich your family life.
Videos and Podcasts
- Modern Media and the Family: Pope Francis focused his 2015 World Communications Day Message on the fundamental role of the family in communications.
- Beyond the Pew - Catholic Parenting Resource: Ablaze Ministries has YouTube video resources to help bring the Catholic faith into your home.
- Helping Parents and Families Engage & Evangelize the Nones in their Homes: the department of Evangelization and Catechesis of the USCCB present a series of podcasts by Bob McCarty, who has been in professional ministry since 1973, serving in parish, school, diocesan, and national settings.
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